Amazing Animals - 2/9/2011

February 8, 2011 10:00 PM

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MARATHON, FL - A dolphin that was named Louie after he arrived on Sunday at the Dolphin Research Center swims in a pen as Cara Field, Associate Veterinarian Audubon Nature Research Institute, New Orleans, Louisiana, interacts with him on Tuesday in Marathon, Florida. The dolphin was found on September 2, 2010 washed up on Port Fourchon beach in Louisiana with oil on its skin from the Gulf oil spill and will now be cared for and raised at the marine mammal education and research facility in the Florida Keys. Louie arrived at the Dolphin Research Center after being brought back to health at the New Orleans' Audubon Nature Institute. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) less

MARATHON, FL - A dolphin that was named Louie after he arrived on Sunday at the Dolphin Research Center swims in a pen as Cara Field, Associate Veterinarian Audubon Nature Research Institute, New Orleans, ... more

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MARATHON, FL - A dolphin that was named Louie after he arrived on Sunday at the Dolphin Research Center swims in a pen as Cara Field, Associate Veterinarian Audubon Nature Research Institute, New Orleans, Louisiana, interacts with him on Tuesday in Marathon, Florida. The dolphin was found on September 2, 2010 washed up on Port Fourchon beach in Louisiana with oil on its skin from the Gulf oil spill and will now be cared for and raised at the marine mammal education and research facility in the Florida Keys. Louie arrived at the Dolphin Research Center after being brought back to health at the New Orleans' Audubon Nature Institute. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) less

MARATHON, FL - A dolphin that was named Louie after he arrived on Sunday at the Dolphin Research Center swims in a pen as Cara Field, Associate Veterinarian Audubon Nature Research Institute, New Orleans, ... more

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MARATHON, FL - A dolphin that was named Louie after he arrived on Sunday at the Dolphin Research Center swims in a pen as Cara Field, Associate Veterinarian Audubon Nature Research Institute, New Orleans, Louisiana, interacts with him on Tuesday in Marathon, Florida. The dolphin was found on September 2, 2010 washed up on Port Fourchon beach in Louisiana with oil on its skin from the Gulf oil spill and will now be cared for and raised at the marine mammal education and research facility in the Florida Keys. Louie arrived at the Dolphin Research Center after being brought back to health at the New Orleans' Audubon Nature Institute. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) less

MARATHON, FL - A dolphin that was named Louie after he arrived on Sunday at the Dolphin Research Center swims in a pen as Cara Field, Associate Veterinarian Audubon Nature Research Institute, New Orleans, ... more

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MARATHON, FL - A dolphin, that was named Louie after he arrived on Sunday at the Dolphin Research Center swims in a pen, as he acclimates to his new surroundings on Tuesday in Marathon, Florida. The dolphin was found on September 2, 2010 washed up on Port Fourchon beach in Louisiana with oil on its skin from the Gulf oil spill and will now be cared for and raised at the marine mammal education and research facility in the Florida Keys. Louie arrived at the Dolphin Research Center after being brought back to health at the New Orleans' Audubon Nature Institute. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) less

MARATHON, FL - A dolphin, that was named Louie after he arrived on Sunday at the Dolphin Research Center swims in a pen, as he acclimates to his new surroundings on Tuesday in Marathon, Florida. The dolphin was ... more

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MARATHON, FL - A dolphin that was named Louie after he arrived on Sunday at the Dolphin Research Center is fed fish by Linda Erb, Director of Animal Care and Training, as she interacts with him on Tuesday in Marathon, Florida. The dolphin was found on September 2, 2010 washed up on Port Fourchon beach in Louisiana with oil on its skin from the Gulf oil spill and will now be cared for and raised at the marine mammal education and research facility in the Florida Keys. Louie arrived at the Dolphin Research Center after being brought back to health at the New Orleans' Audubon Nature Institute. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) less

MARATHON, FL - A dolphin that was named Louie after he arrived on Sunday at the Dolphin Research Center is fed fish by Linda Erb, Director of Animal Care and Training, as she interacts with him on Tuesday in ... more

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A worker catches an ostrich at a farm in the village of Kozishche, some 330 kilimeters from Minsk. About 300 exotic birds are grown up here to supply local and foreign restaurants with meat and eggs. (Photo by VIKTOR DRACHEV/AFP/Getty Images) less

A worker catches an ostrich at a farm in the village of Kozishche, some 330 kilimeters from Minsk. About 300 exotic birds are grown up here to supply local and foreign restaurants with meat and eggs. (Photo by ... more

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First-placed in the overall standings of the Jumping World Cup, French Kevin Staut, jumps with his horse Silvana de Hus, during the second Bordeaux' international jumping Grand Prix, 10th stage of the FEI World Cup on Sunday. (Photo by NICOLAS TUCAT/AFP/Getty Images) less

First-placed in the overall standings of the Jumping World Cup, French Kevin Staut, jumps with his horse Silvana de Hus, during the second Bordeaux' international jumping Grand Prix, 10th stage of the FEI World ... more

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Pets make acqaintance with each other during a protest against animal abuse on a street of Medellin, Antioquia department, Colombia on (Photo by RAUL ARBOLEDA/AFP/Getty Images)

Pets make acqaintance with each other during a protest against animal abuse on a street of Medellin, Antioquia department, Colombia on (Photo by RAUL ARBOLEDA/AFP/Getty Images)

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A wolfdog is seen during a demonstration against a recently sanctioned wolf hunt, in central Stockholm on Monday. Protestors marched with 20 coffins, one for each wolf killed this year. The hunt follows a 2009 decision by the Swedish parliament to limit the wolf population in Sweden, which had been on the brink of extinction until recently. The move has sparked criticism from environmental groups, as well as the European Union, which launched legal action against the country on Thursday. (Photo by JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP/Getty Images) less

A wolfdog is seen during a demonstration against a recently sanctioned wolf hunt, in central Stockholm on Monday. Protestors marched with 20 coffins, one for each wolf killed this year. The hunt follows a 2009 ... more

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A wolfdog is seen during a demonstration against a recently sanctioned wolf hunt, in central Stockholm on Monday. Protestors marched with 20 coffins, one for each wolf killed this year. The hunt follows a 2009 decision by the Swedish parliament to limit the wolf population in Sweden, which had been on the brink of extinction until recently. The move has sparked criticism from environmental groups, as well as the European Union, which launched legal action against the country on Thursday. (Photo by JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP/Getty Images) less

A wolfdog is seen during a demonstration against a recently sanctioned wolf hunt, in central Stockholm on Monday. Protestors marched with 20 coffins, one for each wolf killed this year. The hunt follows a 2009 ... more

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A tiger holds a chicken thrown by visitors at the Shanghai Wildlife Park on Wednesday. Though the park signed a 2005 convention along with other zoos in China stating it will not feed live animals, the convention only covers big livestock, allowing visitors to purchase a live chicken for 60 yuan (9 USD) to feed carnivores while ridding a modified bus. (Photo by PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP/Getty Images) less

A tiger holds a chicken thrown by visitors at the Shanghai Wildlife Park on Wednesday. Though the park signed a 2005 convention along with other zoos in China stating it will not feed live animals, the ... more

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John Webber displays a tree frog which survived in the kitchen when Cyclone Yasi devastated the village of Silky Oak on February 2 and 3 amidst the wreckage of his nephew's home on Saturday. The category five storm laid waste to entire towns, hurled luxury yachts around like toys and shredded enormous swathes of banana and sugar crops, adding an estimated 0.25 percentage points to inflation. (Photo by TORSTEN BLACKWOOD/AFP/Getty Images) less

John Webber displays a tree frog which survived in the kitchen when Cyclone Yasi devastated the village of Silky Oak on February 2 and 3 amidst the wreckage of his nephew's home on Saturday. The category five ... more

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An elephant walks off a motorway near a willdlife preservation in Habarana on Wednesday. Asian elephants, that can live to reach the age of 70, are increasingly straying into human settlement in search of food, as people encroach on their territory. (Photo by Ishara S.KODIKARA/AFP/Getty Images) less

An elephant walks off a motorway near a willdlife preservation in Habarana on Wednesday. Asian elephants, that can live to reach the age of 70, are increasingly straying into human settlement in search of food, ... more

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Elephants amble off a motorway near a willdlife preservation in Habarana on Wednesday. Asian elephants, which live until about the age of 70, are increasingly straying into human settlements in search of food, as people encroach on their territory. (Photo by Ishara S.KODIKARA/AFP/Getty Images) less

Elephants amble off a motorway near a willdlife preservation in Habarana on Wednesday. Asian elephants, which live until about the age of 70, are increasingly straying into human settlements in search of food, ... more

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Cows are pictured in front of a general view of the village of Kef on Tuesday, in northern Tunisia. Hundreds of angry protesters gather in front of the Kef police station after the announcement of the death of two individuals kept in their jails on Tuesday. The fire departement was mobilised to put out car fires. Four people were killed here when protesters set a police station ablaze amid fresh clashes Sunday. "There's panic in the town. The district's security forces building is on fire," said labour union activist Raouf Hadaoui by telephone. An interior ministry source said Sunday that two people were killed and 13 injured, including four policemen, in the Kef unrest, without giving further details. Hadaoui said several police cars had been torched and fires were threatening to spread from the police station to neighbouring homes. (Photo by FETHI BELAID/AFP/Getty Images) less

Cows are pictured in front of a general view of the village of Kef on Tuesday, in northern Tunisia. Hundreds of angry protesters gather in front of the Kef police station after the announcement of the death of ... more

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